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"The Honeymooners" as a musical? The folks at Goodspeed are hoping it's a "Bang, zoom, straight to the moon" idea. The East Haddam-based theater, in association with Jeffrey Finn productions, will present a private workshop of a new musical based on the iconic '50s TV series, which starred Jackie Gleason, on Nov. 7 in New York. The show is expected to play the Goodspeed Opera House in the fall/winter of 2015. The cast for the two-week workshop includes Tony Award-winner Michael McGrath as Ralph Kramden, four-time Emmy Award-winner and Tony nominee Hank Azaria as Ed Norton, Drama Desk nominee Leslie Kritzer as Alice Kramden and Drama Desk nominee Megan...

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"The Honeymooners" as a musical? The folks at Goodspeed are hoping it's a "Bang, zoom, straight to the moon" idea.
The East Haddam-based theater, in association with Jeffrey Finn productions, will present a private workshop of a new...

Chicago-based actress Molly Glynn, who was born and raised in Hartford, died Saturday after being struck by a tree while out cycling with her husband. She was 46.
She died after a tree fell on her while she was caught out bicycling during a storm on...

Whenever playwrights get about a half million dollars to help their careers I think it’s a good day.
And it was a great day this week at Yale’s Sprague Hall in New Haven when three playwrights -- among nine writers in all -- were the recipients of the...

Tony Award-nominee de’Adre Aziza (“Passing Strange”), Clifton Duncan, Oberon K.A. Adjepong, Kyle Beltran (leading role in Broadway’s “In the Heights” and on tour), Marc Damon Johnson, and Angela Lewis make up the cast of the world premiere of Christina...

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Jayne Houdyshell and Liv Rooth will head casts for the 2013 season at the Westport Country Playhouse.
Twice-Tony Award-nominated Houdyshell ("Well," "Follies") will star in George Kelly's comedy "The Show-Off,"...

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FRIDAY | "Samsara": An American couple are expecting a baby via a surrogate from India in Lauren Yee's new play. Through March 8 at Victory Gardens Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave.; 773-871-3000 or victorygardens.org
SUNDAY | "Marie...

FRIDAY | "Newsies": "Headlines don't sell papes, Newsies sell papes." And tickets. This touring musical is based on the Disney movie about the Newsboys Strike of 1899, and has a score by Alan Menken and a book by Harvey Fierstein....

Though Dan Lauria has traveled to numerous destinations, the actor said he has never taken a proper holiday. "I've never taken a vacation," says Lauria, who is best known for playing Fred Savage's father on "The Wonder Years."...

Sunday | "The Night Alive": When a stuck-in-a-rut guy comes to the aid of a distressed woman, both of their lives are changed for the better. Francis Guinan and Tim Hopper star in Conor McPherson's play. Through Nov. 16 at Steppenwolf Theatre...

NEW YORK — Why is James Franco, the world's most famous perpetual student, making his Broadway debut in a revival of that panting war horse "Of Mice and Men," a favorite of high school English teachers and Turner Classic Movies addicts?
It's...

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